"Heartless." I mumbled to myself. I blinked a few times and thought
for a moment. 'Wait, Sora was fighting off these creatures... With a
key-like sword thingy! ... Why would someone be weilding a giant-' My
thoughts were interrupted by pain surging through my leg, caused by
one of the black creatures scratching me and leaving a ten inch cut. I
quickly kicked the heartless away, its body dissolving. and backed
away a little. Two more teamed up together and headed toward me, but
before they could even touch me they had been destroyed. I looked in
front of me to see a man putting away his sword, his brown hair
shifting slightly from the movement. He was wearing a short-sleeved
black jacket and black shoes and fingerless gloves to match. He was
sporting black pants that had zippers along the sides and four belts
hung around his waist, two brown and two black. However, only one of
his belts actually hung properly around his waist.
"You alright?" he asked. His voice sounded deep, but friendly.
I nodded my head and looked at my leg, seeing blood trickle down from
the cut. "I shouldn't have let my guard down..." I mumbled.
"Here," the man said, handing me a bottle of green liquid, "It'll help
heal the cut."
I stared at the bottle for a second am bit off the top with my teeth.
"Thank you." I gulped the liquid down, the bittersweet taste getting
stuck in my mouth. The bottle then disappeared and I looked at the
man. "Umm... Hello."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Leon,
nice to meet you." He smiled.
"Umm... My name is..." I paused. 'What is my name?' I thought.
"Saronai." a voice spoke. It was almost as if someone was whispering
in my ear, but I could tell it was in my head.
"Saronai!" the voice spoke again, except louder.
"My name is... Saronai." I told Leon.
"You must be new here. This is Traverse Town. I sure haven't seen you
around. Where you from?" he asked.
"Well, i just kind of... Ended up here." I replied. "I actually come
from a place called Destiny Islands."
Leon's face brightened a little, "Just like that other kid.." he
mumbled. "C'mon, I know a place where you can stay." Leon said as he
started walking toward a set of doors, different from the ones I had
entered through, and entered through them along with me following not
too far behind.
"This," Leon motioned toward the whole area, "I the Second District.
The area we just came from was the First District. In the First
District there's an accessory shop owned by a friend of mine by the
name of Cid and an item shop. In this district, there's a Hotel where
friends of mine can be found and where you can stay for the time
being." he stated. We walked to the west side of the district, or at
least I think it was the west side, and entered a hotel. We walked
through the lobby and through the hall to find a red room as our final
destination, not without defeating a couple of small heartless along
the way.
"This is the Red Room, where you'll be staying." Leon said. He opened
his mouth to talk once more, but was interrupted by his name being
yelled, causing our attention to be castes toward the door. The person
who was yelling ran through the doorway and almost tackled Leon, but
stopped, facing me. She had short black hair with a headband resting
on her forehead and was dressed in a green tube top with two belts,
tan shorts with another blue belt, and white socks that reached mid-
thigh with orange shoes. She also had on mesh sleeves and black
fingerless gloves, along with a yellow scarf. She looked at Leon, a
goofy smirk coming across her face. "So, who's this?" She asked rather
loudly, her voice ringing in my ears a little and probably Leon's.
"This is Saronai, I found her in the First District. She comes from
Destiny Islands." He replied, trying to not look as irritated as he
was from the girl's interruption.
"Hi! I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" the girl, Yuffie, exclaimed. "Hey,
you come from the same place that Sora came from!"
"You... You know Sora?" I gasped. 'Could he have been here before?' I
guessed so since I was only present for part of his adventure. It was
when he had visited Disney Castle and I was there because Queen Mickie
had wanted to see me.
"Yep! He was here on his first adventure!" Yuffie replied quite
cheerfully.
"So, he's... On another adventure?" I asked. Since I only remember the
first adventure, I must have missed a lot. I mean, if all I after
meeting Sora at Disney Castle and then leaving and getting swallowed
by darkness, what had happened that left me lying in The Castle That
Never Was?
Leon nodded, "He's continuing his quest to lock all the worlds'
keyholes. So, are you close friends with him?"
"Yes, did he ever mention me?" I asked, a little hope arising in my
voice.
Leon shook his head, "The only friends he mentioned were by the names
of Riku and Kairi. He's still looking for them." he replied.
"Oh..." I mumbled and looked down, disappointment prominent on my
face. 'I wonder if he forgot about me...' I thought with a small pout.
One of my best friends leaving me behind… That pained me a lot more
than a bullet through the heart, even though I don't know what that
feels like.
"I'm sure he hasn't forgotten about you, though. Sora isn't the type
of guy who forgets his friends." Yuffie quickly stated before i could
get even more depressed.
I smiled a little. "You're right."
"Do you know about the keyblade?" Leon asked.
"The keyblade?" I raised an eyebrow.
"It's the weapon Sora wields. It holds the power to lock the keyholes
of the worlds, the reason why he's on his journey." Leon replied.
'The keyblade!' I thought, 'That's what that thing was called!' "So,
where is he now?" I asked.
"He's in..." Leon's lips still moved, but I heard nothing come out. I
asked again, but the same thing happened. I looked at Yuffie to only
find her slowly fading away.
'What's happening?' I thought. I looked back at Leon, finding his body
in the process of disappearing as well. The ground started to shake,
cracks appeared in the walls, and the ceiling was shaking as well. The
ground finally cracked down the middle, causing me to fall into the
pit of darkness that appeared below it. I screamed using all the power
I had in my lungs, but nothing came out. Soon enough, the darkness had
swallowed me whole.
-Wake up!-
A body was lying motionless on the brick edge of the top of a
clock tower. Silver hair was sprawled around the person, covering their
torso and the rest was covered by a black cloak. The building had
overlooked a small town with glowing shop signs and tall buildings.
Even though the town seemed empty, there were a few kids running here
and there and a tram moving in and out of the area. The sky was a
light peach and orange color from the sun slowly setting in the
background. The body moved a little, scooting closer to the edge and
almost falling, but showed no signs of waking. A few minutes later the
body had moved again, rolling over the edge. A hand had grabbed hold
of the body before it fell any further, the body dangling dozens of
feet away from the ground.
The person supporting the motionless body pulled it up and sighed.
"What have I told you about sleeping on the edge of the clock tower?"
he mumbled to himself, his short spiky hair moving in the wind.
The sleeping body slowly woke red eyes opening and full of life. She
stretched her arms out and let out a small yawn. "Roxas, what are you
doing here?" She asked, her voice coming out in an audible whisper.
"I just finished my mission AND I just saved you from falling to your
doom." he replied with a smirk. "Didn't you ever listen when I told
you specifically not to sleep on the clock tower?"
"Nope. Was I supposed to?" the girl replied, sounding more awake.
Roxas shook his head and sighed, "You never listen, A-"
The scene turned to static, like a television screen going out of whack.
My eyes fluttered open to find a group of people surrounding me, each
with a worried look present on their faces. One stood out, though,
because I could tell that it belonged to Leon.
"Saronai, are you alright?" he asked in a concerned tone, his eyebrows
knitted together.
'Was that just a dream?' I thought. I was lying on cold, purple ground
and looked at my surroundings, seemingly damaged from who knows what.
I sat up and looked at the people surrounding me, noticing that Yuffie
was a part of the crowd.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I reassured them. I slowly got up from my spot with
the help of Leon and looked at the other people I didn't know. There
was a young woman with brown, braided hair an green eyes who was
wearing a pink dress with brown boots. Over the dress seeemed to be
some sort of buttoned down, sleeveless shirt with magenta lining.
There was also a man with platinum blond hair who was wearing a white
t-shirt and blue baggy pants. He also wore an orange waistband that
came around just below his ribcage, grey socks, and black shoes. He
was chewing on a toothpick and had goggles resting upon his forehead,
along with a necklace with a rectangular charm on it hanging around his
neck.
"Umm... Where am I?" I asked, noticing my surroundings didn't match
those of Traverse Town.
"This is the Bailey of Radiant Garden." Leon informed. "It's nice to
see you again after all this time."
"It's... It's nice to see you, too, Leon." I replied with a smile. 'If
that was a dream I had... How do he know my name? Why did I even have
that dream? Unless... It wasn't a dream!' I thought.
"Hey, now, don't forget me!" Yuffie yelled, running to my side.
"You've grown since the last time I saw you!"
"My, you have! What have you been doing all this time? I was worried
about you! Especially when I saw you on the ground!" the woman with
the brown hair exclaimed, embracing me in a heartfelt hug.
"Aerith, let go of the poor girl! Ya gonna suffocate her!" spoke the
man with the toothpick in his mouth.
"But Cid! I was so worried and I'm happy now to find out that she's
alright." Aerith said with a smile.
"Umm... Well, I don't really remember anything." I mumbled and looked
down.
Aerith blinked, "What do you mean?" she asked.
"It's like all my memories disappeared. All I remember is my life at
Destiny Islands and the tome I was at Disney Castle." I answered.
"Then how did you remember my name?" Leon questioned.
"Well, I had this dream about a place called Traverse Town and you and
Yuffie were in it. It was like I had just appeared there and I got
attacked by a few heartless, but Leon saved me. After that, Leon led
me to the hotel where I met Yuffie." I replied.
"Interesting... That's just like the first time we met. I have a
feeling that wasn't just a dream and perhaps a memory." Leon stated.
"C'mon, let's go to Merlin's House. We'll discuss things there." he
started walking, followed by the rest of us. Once at our destination I
looked around the house to see a rather elderly looking man sitting at
a table and drinking tea. He was wearing blue robes and a wizard's
hat. After he took another sip of his cup he turned his attention
toward us, directing most of it at me.
He pushed up his spectacles and smiled, "It's nice to see you again,
Saronai." the man greeted.
"Merlin, we have a problem. She's lost all of her memories!" Yuffie
informed, loudly of course.
"Oh dear, that is a problem. Tell me, does you remember anything about
the keyblade, Saronai?" Merlin inquired.
"All I remember about it is that it locks the hearts of worlds and
that it's the weapon Sora wields." I answered.
Merlin nodded. "Do you remember your keyblade?" he asked, a little bit
more seriously.
I blinked. "My... Keyblade?"